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NewsScreen's UK Marketing & Distribution Awards unveils prestigious jury
Jurors joining Lord Puttnam include Roland Emmerich, Amanda Berry, Nik Powell, and Sally Caplan.
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NewsNew Italian distributor Atlantide picks up Plein Sud, LA Zombie
Atlantide Entertainment, a new niche distributor in Italy announces its debut with a catalog of some 30 titles acquired at the Berlin and Cannes Film Festival 2010 editions.
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NewsInception soars to the top in North America on $60.4m
Warner Bros and Legendary Pictures’ sci-fi spectacle Inception from Christopher Nolan soared to the top in its opening weekend on an estimated $60.4m.
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NewsShrek topples Eclipse to lead overseas with $52.2m
DreamWorks Animation’s Shrek Forever After ruled the waves in the first post-World Cup weekend thanks to an estimated $52.2m haul from 8,063 sites through PPI in 57 territories.
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BFI's nitrate screenings continue with Anchors Aweigh, Volga-Volga
In August the BFI Southbank, Britain’s only venue with a licence to show nitrate film, will continue its showing of nitrate prints that haven’t been screened in the UK for over a decade.
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NewsEclipse poised to cross quarter-billion mark overseas
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse is bidding to rule the overseas arena for the third consecutive weekend as it ventures into German-speaking Europe and stands at the cusp of $250m.
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NewsIFC lands North American rights to Tetsuo pair
IFC Films has acquired North American rights to two films from director Shinya Tsukamoto’s acclaimed Tetsuo trilogy: Tetsuo III: The Bullet Man and Tetsuo II: The Body Hammer.
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NewsMyriad hires Jeffrey Engelen as svp distribution
Jeffrey Engelen has joined production, finance and sales company Myriad Pictures as senior vice-president of distribution.
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NewsIcon UK strikes Canadian output deal with D Films
The deal reunites Icon chief executive Stewart Till with D Films chairman Darryl Iwai.
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David Whitney's Kandahar Break sells to UK, US
UK distributor Revolver and US outfit Peace Arch Entertainment have picked up British director David Whitney’s debut film, Kandahar Break.
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NewsMagnolia takes world on Joaquin Phoenix doc I'm Still Here
Magnolia Pictures acquired worldwide rights from WME Global to Casey Affleck’s directorial debut I’m Still Here.
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NewsRevitalised New Yorker Films acquires My Dog Tulip
The newly reopened New Yorker Films has announced its first acquisition, picking up all US rights to the animation My Dog Tulip.
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Emerging broadens alternative content slate with Opus Arte deal
Emerging Pictures and Opus Arte have signed a deal for Emerging to become the exclusive North American theatrical distributor of Opus Arte’s events programming.
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BFI Mediatheque coming to Newcastle's Discovery Museum
The BFI’s digital archive Mediatheque will launch at Newcastle’s Discovery Museum this month.
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Denmark to have 30% digital conversion by end of year
The 3D format came off to a flying start in 2010, when US director James Cameron’s Avatar sold 1.2 million tickets.
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Accidents Happen, Charlie & Boots among Emerging PicturesAustralian showcase
Emerging Pictures has announced the line-up of the first three titles in the 2010 USA-Australia Film Showcase, its partnership with Screen Australia to bring previously unreleased Australian films to American audiences.
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IndiePix expands by launching Los Angeles office
New York-based online distributor IndiePix is expanding operations and launching a West Coast office.
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NewsNBC Universal, StudioCanal extend joint venture, distribution agreements
NBC Universal and StudioCanal have furthered the companies’ ties in home entertainment. They have extended two separate joint venture and distribution agreements.
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NewsUK box office: Eclipse has biggest UK opening of 2010
E1 Films’ release of the third instalment in the Twilght Saga eclipsed all rivals at the UK box office in its debut weekend.
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NewsWasted on the Young to go out through Paramount in Australia
Paramount Pictures has finally announced that it will be releasing Sydney Film Festival competition title Wasted On The Young, directed by Ben C Lucas, in its home market of Australia.